St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-16
ASSES MILK DIET.
Scientific American.

C1iSAtlAiC AInSlICdl.
In France, where the authorities do
80 muct, for the protection of the peo-
pie at large, by their watchfuI care to
prevent accidents to the work people,
and their extensive provision for the
protection and maintenance of home
less children and those of miserable
parentage, the administration of the
hospitals and other public institutions
are constantly experimenting in the
treatment of their inmates. Quite re-
Gently the administration of the Assis-
lance Publique. in Paris, has decided to
employ asses milk at the Hospital DIES
| Enfants Assistes. For while the ad-
ministration substituted goats milk for
human milk but the infants did not
thrive upon it. The administration has
now provided ten asses, which are kept
in the stables Of the hospital with their
young. Each ass is capable of nourish-
ing three children besides its own
young for the first three months, and
two children for the two following
months. After this period it is capable
of nourlsllng one child until the ninth
month.
The superior soothing and nourish-
ing qualities of asses milk over that
nf the COW, or goats milk, has been
ituS HH'H tiy anu many pei SbIIS WHO
have suffered with dyspepsia, and after
trying numberless remedies and been
abroad for treatment, have returned
with health restored, the result attribut
able to the use OF asses milk taken
warm from the udder.
The writer has in mind q lady who
had suffered an aggravating form of
dyspepsia, until her digestive organs
had become so impaired that the simp
lest diet could not be taken without
producing great distress. She had
been under the care of physicians of
nearly every school of practice in this
city, and finally she was taken to a
neighboring city and placed under the
care of doctor distinguished for his
successful eatment of dyspepsia. His
system consisted principally in seclud
ing his patients from their families and
friends and requiring them to remain
in bed for several weeks. After some
three months perfect rest Ior even the
reading of books or newspapers was
denied her,) and the daily application
of electricity by an assistant of the
distinguished practitioner, and the
equally frequent application of oil and
male attendant, the lady had become
so weak it was with difficulty she could
get out of her bed. Her food was spc-
cially prepared at the chemists, under
the direction of the doctor, hnt every
variety she had tried distressed her,
and finally, as soon as IA little strength
had been restored, she returned to her
home and resumed the milk diet, which,
from long experience, she had found to
produce less distress than any other.
The rest cure, as it is called, was, in
in this lady's case, a failure, and what
should be the next experiment to Try
was Il question of serious discussion for
some time, and. with many misglvings
as to the result, it was decided to try
Il season abroad, and it was in France
the diet Of asses milk was recommend
ed and tried with the most beneficial
results.
From the observation of the writer,
We believe that suffering dyspepticS
and delicate children may be relieved
of great deal of misery and precious
lives saved by the more universal u>e
of asses milk, the virtues of which
seem to be better understood on the
Continent than by physicians in this